Carpet-laying tool.



No. 773,428. PATENTED OCT. 25,1904. P. D. SIOKLES.

CARPET LAYING TOOL.

APPLIOATION FILED OUT 29 1903 NO MODEL.

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PATENT OEEicE.

FRANKLIN D. SIOKLES, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO CARL H. KELLER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

CARPET-LAYING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,428, dated October 25, 1904.

Application filed October 29, 1903. Serial No. 179,016. (No model.)

In all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, FRANKLIN D. SIGKLEs, of Toledo, county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Laying Tools; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention has reference to a carpet-laying tool; and it has for its object to provide a simple, compact, inexpensive, and highlyefficient household tool capable of being advantageously operated in various ways.

To this end the invention embodies the novel combination and arrangement of component parts and details of construction hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

l/Vhile the invention is susceptible of some modification, the accompanying drawings show, and I shall now hereinafter describe in connection therewith, what is now conceived to be the preferred embodiment of the same.

In-the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved tool. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Figs. 3 and fare elevations, respectively, of opposed sides of the tool.

The tool is preferably cast in one piece, being of cast-steel or other suitable material. It consists, essentially, of a hammer comprising a handle 2 and a flattened substantially rectangular head 1, having the plane strikingsurface a and being further provided along its lower front edges with a series of teeth 10. Projecting forwardly from the outer face of the head and lying in a plane parallel to the striking-surface are claws 5, having the form of the ordinary tack-puller. As handle 2 adjoins the head at the diagonally opposite corner andstriking surface 4 is somewhat elongated, a powerful leverage is effected, the intermediate corner 4 of the head acting as a fulcrum. The teeth and striking-surface are formed upon adjoining sides of the rectangle. Hence while laying a carpet by means of this tool it will be possible to put the hammer in position either for stretching or tacking the carpet by merely turning the handle a quarterrevolution. Thus the material may be stretched by aforward motion of the head and a tack quickly driven to secure the position so obtained, the whole operation being performed with much more expedition than if two tools were employed or the parts differently arranged upon the head.

In stretching carpets with this tool it is usual to drive a tack to hold the material until the desired degree of tension has been obtained. Then a rapid quarter revolution brings the claws in operation for removing the temporary tack, after which without changing the position of the tool the permanent tack is driven home.

It is to be noted that the handle is inserted to one side of the center of the head, forming a prolongation of the face opposite the striking-surface. I consider this a very important feature, as it throws the weight of the head entirely on the side of the handle toward the striking-surface and claws and greatly facilitates the rapid quarter-revolution that changes the horizontal to the pendent position of the head.

The outer edge of the head not occupied by teeth 10 may be raised and sharpened, as at 11, to be used for various purposes, such as scraping. Upon the side of the rectangle opposite face 4: I have shown an extension 6, pointed at 7 and having sharpened edges 8' and 9, the edge 8 adapting the tool, if desired, for use as a can-opener, and the edge 9 permitting it to be advantageously employed as a meat-tenderer. The end of the handle may be sharpened, as at 3, adapting the tool for use as an ice-pick. The head is provided with a tapered slot 12, which serves both to cheapen the manufacture of the tool and to adapt it for use as a wrench for nuts of varying sizes.

Having described my invention, what I. claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. A carpet-laying tool comprising a handle and a head having a plane striking-surface and a series of teeth arranged substantially at right angles thereto, the center of said head being intermediate the striking-surface and the point of attachment of the handle.

2. A carpet-laying tool comprising a handle and ahead having a plane striking-surface and a series of teeth arranged substantially at right angles thereto and projecting oppositely from the handle, the center of said head being intern'iediate the striking-surface and the point of attachment of the handle.

3. A carpet-laying tool comprising a handle and a rectangular head having a strikingsurface at one side of the rectangle and a row of projecting teeth upon one of the adjoining sides thereof, said handle forming a prolongation of the side of the rectangle opposite the striking-surface.

4t. A carpctlaying tool comprising a handle and a rectangular head having a strikingsurface at one side of the rectangle and a forwardly-projecting row of teeth upon the lower edge of the adjoining side opposite the handle, said handle forming a prolongation of the side of the rectangle opposite the striking-surface.

5. A carpet-laying tool comprising a handle and a head having a plane striking-surface, a series of teeth arranged substantially at right angles to the striking-surface, and tack-pulling claws projecting forwardly from the head and lying in a plane parallel to the striking-surface.

6. A carpet-laying tool comprising a handle and a head having a plane striking-sun face, a series of teeth arranged substamnially at right angles to the striking-surface, and tack-pulling claws projecting forwardlyfrom the head and lying in a plane parallel to the striking-surface, the center of said head being intermediate the striking-surface and the point of attachment of the handle.

7. A carpet-laying tool comprising a rectangular head having a striking-surface at one side thereof, a row of forwardly-projecting teeth upon one of the adjoining sides, and taclepulling claws at the corner of said sides; combined with a handle having its point of attachment at the corner diagonally opposite from said claws.

8. A carpet-laying tool comprising a rectangular head having an elongated strikingsurface at one side thereof, a row of forwardly-projecting teeth upon one of the adjoining sides, and tack-pulling claws at the corner of said sides and forming a prolongation of the striking'surface; combined with a handle projectingfrom the corner diagonally opposite the claws and forming a prolongation of the side opposite the striking-surface.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own 1 afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN D. SICKLES.

Witnesses:

CARL H. KELLER, Jo CUNNINGHAM. 

